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Final Exam Review Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered the vaccine for small pox

a)

Jonas Salk

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Gregor Mendel

2.

What are the four parts of the blood?

a)

hemoglobin, platelets, RBCs, and WBCs

b)

platelets, RBCs, oxygen, and hemoglobin

c)

plasma, platelets, RBCs, and WBCs

d)

plasma, hemoglobin, RBCs, and platelets

3.

When one allele is not completely dominant over the other it is called______________________.

a)

multiple alleles

b)

polygenic inheritance

c)

codominance

d)

incomplete dominance

4.

Eye and skin color in humans are traits inherited through __________________.

a)

multiple alleles

b)

polygenic inheritance

c)

recessive genes

d)

incomplete dominance

5.

A person who has two different alleles for a particular trait is said to be _________________ for that trait.

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

homozygous dominant

c)

heterozygous

d)

pure

6.

In order for an organism to show a new trait as a result of either incomplete dominance or co-dominance, the organism's genotype must be ____________.

a)

homozygous dominant

b)

homozygous recessive

c)

heterozygous

d)

pure

7.

The inherited combination of alleles is known as the offspring's ___________________.

a)

heredity

b)

pedigree

c)

phenotype

d)

genotype

8.

A person with Type O blood could not be the parent of a child with Type ___________ blood.

a)

O

b)

A

c)

B

d)

AB

9.

The fact that organisms and their offspring are not identical is known as __________________.

a)

adaptation

b)

reproduction

c)

inherited variation

d)

asexual reproduction

10.

Competition among organisms is greatest when the organisms are _____________________.

a)

larger in size

b)

very different

c)

smaller in size

d)

very similar

11.

What causes a permanent change in a gene?

a)

budding

b)

mutation

c)

adaptation

d)

hybrid

12.

In which kingdom do the cells of the organisms NOT have a nucleus?

a)

bacteria

b)

protists

c)

fungi

d)

plants

13.

Scientists believe that plants originated from _________________.

a)

red algae

b)

green algae

c)

brown algae

d)

other plants

14.

Fertilization occurs when sperm cells within pollen grains fertilize the eggs in a ________________.

a)

anther

b)

ovary

c)

stigma

d)

ovule

15.

Which is a eukaryotic organism, some of which can both move and make their own food

a)

plant

b)

eubacteria (this is good bacteria)

c)

protist

d)

fungus

16.

Most bacteria reproduce by ______________.

a)

binary fission

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

the lytic cycle

d)

budding

17.

Which of the following is not homologous to the other three?

a)

wing of a bat

b)

wing of a butterfly

c)

arm of a human

d)

flipper of a whale

18.

A bacterium is able to survive is able to survive boiling, freezing, and extremely dry environments by _______________.

a)

undergoing binary fission

b)

attaching itself to a host cell

c)

becoming an endospore

d)

going into the lysogenic cycle

19.

Fungus have cell walls made of __________.

a)

chitin

b)

cellulose

c)

chyme

d)

chlorophyll

20.

The ___________ separates the two sides of the heart.

a)

septum

b)

aorta

c)

ventricle

d)

vena cava

21.

The liquid part of the blood is the _______________.

a)

platelets

b)

plasma

c)

hemoglobin

d)

red blood cell

22.

All living things contain ______________.

a)

chlorophyll

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon

23.

Which of the following is not caused by a virus?

a)

strep throat

b)

hepatitis

c)

measles

d)

AIDS

24.

Cyanobacteria differs from other bacteria because it contains ____________.

a)

a nucleus

b)

ribosomes

c)

a cell wall

d)

chlorophyll

25.

Another name for a decomposer is a _____________.

a)

saprophyte

b)

parasite

c)

pathogen

d)

host

26.

A cherry tree is an example of a (an) ___________________.

a)

gymnosperm

b)

seedless plant

c)

angiosperm

d)

nonvascular plant

27.

The main job of the vertebral column is to _________________.

a)

make blood

b)

protect the spinal cord

c)

create movement

d)

store minerals

28.

Organisms that get food by eating other organisms and cannot make their own food are called ______________.

a)

producers

b)

autotrophs

c)

heterotrophs

d)

decomposers

29.

Round bacteria found in clumps or clusters are called _______.

a)

streptobacillus

b)

streptococcus

c)

staphylococcus

d)

staphylobacillus

30.

The biological treatment of hazardous waste is called _______.

a)

binary fission

b)

pasteurization

c)

bioremediation

d)

pathogenics

31.

An aid that is used to identify organisms and consists of the answers to a series of questions is called ____________.

a)

a dichotomous key

b)

a karyotype

c)

a pedigree

d)

a classification chart

32.

Brown eyes and freckles are examples of ____________.

a)

physical traits

b)

character traits

c)

selective breeding

d)

mutations

33.

The two products of photosynthesis are ____________.

a)

carbon dioxide and water

b)

carbon dioxide and oxygen

c)

oxygen and glucose

d)

glucose and carbon dioxide

34.

___________________ produce their seeds in cones.

a)

gymnosperms

b)

ferns

c)

nonvascular plants

d)

angiosperms

35.

If a plant is tipped sideways, it will most likely...

a)

grow towards the ground

b)

turn and grow upward

c)

grow straight out to the side the plant is tipped

d)

stop growing all together

36.

An example of a vascular, spore forming plant is a ______.

a)

moss

b)

fern

c)

apple tree

d)

tomato plant

37.

Pollen is made in the _____________.

a)

filament

b)

stigma

c)

stamen

d)

anther

38.

When pollinating a flower, the pollen lands on the __________.

a)

stigma

b)

style

c)

anther

d)

stamen

39.

Having_____________ is a characteristic of a monocot.

a)

two seed leaves

b)

petals in groups of 4's

c)

parallel veins on leaves

d)

branching veins of leaves

40.

___________________ is the loss of water through the stomata.

a)

tropism

b)

transpiration

c)

perspiration

d)

respiration

41.

What is the common trait between a daffodil and a fern?

a)

both are angiosperms

b)

both are vascular plants

c)

both are seed plants

d)

both are non vascular plants

42.

Most plants grow towards a light source. This is called ______.

a)

phototropism

b)

gravitropism

c)

thigmatropism

d)

photosynthesis

43.

______________ attach bones to other bones.

a)

tendons

b)

ligaments

c)

cartilage

d)

periosteums

44.

Where is a gliding joint found?

a)

in the wrist

b)

the hip

c)

the shoulder

d)

the knee

45.

The longest bone in the body is the ________.

a)

tibia

b)

humerus

c)

femur

d)

fibula

46.

Connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is called ___________.

a)

a ligament

b)

a tendon

c)

cartilage

d)

spongy bone

47.

What chemical in your blood helps carry oxygen?

a)

glucose

b)

protein

c)

insulin

d)

hemoglobin

48.

The blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood AWAY from the heart is the ____________.

a)

pulmonary artery

b)

aorta

c)

superior vena cava

d)

atrium

49.

The heart has _____ chambers

a)

4

b)

6

c)

2

d)

3

50.

In a pedigree, a fully shaded circle indicates____________.

a)

a male carrier

b)

an affected male

c)

an affected female

d)

a female carrier